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Originally Posted by RPETER65

Crisis of Character by Gary Byrne.

Gary Byrne's Anti-Clinton Book Is Contradicted By His Own Testimony, And He Can't Explain It



Gary Byrne Released Anti-Clinton Based On Incidents He Claimed To Have Witnessed Decades Ago. Former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne, who was posted outside the Oval Office for a period during the Clinton administration, released a book on June 28 called Crisis of Character. In the book, Byrne describes incidents he claims to have witnessed while serving in the Clinton White House that he says make Hillary Clinton unfit to serve as president. Byrne also revisits decades-old conservative media conspiracy theories about the Clintons -- including the theory that the couple was somehow involved in the death of White House aide Vince Foster -- and writes at length about encounters he claims to have witnessed between President Clinton and several women including Monica Lewinsky. [Media Matters, 6/20/16]


Former Secret Service Officials “Strongly Denounce” Book, Saying Byrne Has “Underlying Motives” And Was “Inflating His Role.” Before the book’s official release, the nonpartisan Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service released an uncharacteristic public statement in which it “strongly denounce[d]” Byrne’s book. The statement suggested Byrne has “underlying motives” for writing the book, and questioned “the veracity and content of any book which implies that its author played such an integral part of so many incidents.” Politico noted in its reporting on the statement that:

The book has rankled current and former members of the Secret Service, who don’t like anyone airing their business in public — but who also take issue with Byrne inflating his role. Byrne was a uniformed officer in Bill Clinton’s White House. But that’s the lowest level of protection within the White House and around the president.
People familiar with West Wing security laugh at the idea that Byrne or any uniformed officer ever would have walked in on Bill Clinton anywhere, whether in a meeting or, as a New York Post article over the weekend claims, in the middle of a make-out session in the Map Room with the late daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale. The Secret Service presidential detail would have stopped him. [Politico, 6/21/16; Media Matters, 6/21/16]

BuzzFeed Outlined How Byrne’s Claims Were “Contradicted By His Own Testimony”; Byrne Responded By Hanging Up On The Reporter. BuzzFeed News reporter Chris Massie outlined two instances in which claims Byrne makes in his book are directly at odds with his sworn testimony from the 1998 Kenneth Starr investigation. In Crisis of Character, Byrne writes about how he was personally involved with disposing of hand towels containing evidence that implicated President Clinton in an extramarital affair. Massie reported that, contrary to what Byrne detailed in his book, he testified he was “not involved” in disposing of the president’s hand towels nor did he explicitly or conclusively discuss it with the White House steward at the time. Byrne also claimed in the book that he had personally witnessed President Clinton kissing journalist Eleanor Mondale; in his 1998 testimony, Byrne framed the incident as “a rumor” he had heard. When BuzzFeed contacted him about the contradictions, Byrne hung up on a reporter and his spokesperson promised Byrne would explain the contradictions in book tour appearances. From BuzzFeed’s June 21 report:

Gary Byrne, a former Secret Service agent who worked in Bill Clinton’s White House, tells a dramatic story in his upcoming book about how he personally helped a White House steward dispose of towels stained by semen and lipstick to protect the president from a sex scandal.
That story, as well as another Byrne tells about walking in on Bill Clinton making out with a TV journalist, is different from what he told investigators from Kenneth Starr’s Office of the Independent Counsel in 1998, a BuzzFeed News review of interviews, depositions, and grand jury testimony has found.


Reached by BuzzFeed News on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Gary Byrne said that the author “will happily explain the alleged issues cited in this article when he begins his book tour - as well as his repeated efforts to protect the president from his personal misconduct and in some cases from his wife.” After a series of follow-up questions, the spokesperson did not clarify why Byrne could not explain the discrepancies on Tuesday.


Byrne himself hung up the phone on a BuzzFeed reporter after being asked why he wouldn’t explain the discrepancies, saying “I am working on a response to a couple things right now and I don’t have time to talk on the phone for one.” Reached again, he said, “We’ve taken care of it and you’ll just have to see what it is when you read the whole book.” [BuzzFeed, 6/21/16]

Byrne To NY Post: “[I]f My Testimony Wasn’t True, I Would End Up Doing Seven Years.” In an interview with the New York Post, Byrne asserted that his accounts of the Clintons had been consistent since his testimony in the Starr investigation of President Clinton. From the June 25 article:

Byrne’s revelations have come under fire recently, with some critics doubting he had the access to the Clintons he claims he had, and that his book details do not align exactly with his testimony to prosecutors nearly two decades ago.
[...]
“Anybody who asserts that what I’m saying is not true,” Byrne says, his voice cracking with emotion, “they don’t know any better or they’re flat-out lying.”
Yet, he confesses, “I’m not completely comfortable telling the story, but I am telling it.”
[...]
As for his testimony during the Ken Starr investigation, Byrne — who never signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Secret Service — says at the time he gave narrow answers to specific questions, as instructed.
“[I]f my testimony wasn’t true, I would end up doing seven years,” he says. [New York Post, 6/25/16]

Gary Byrne's Anti-Clinton Book Is Contradicted By His Own Testimony, And He Can't Explain It

Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book - POLITICO

Sounds like you make good use of your time reading that BS.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Originally Posted by RPETER65

Crisis of Character by Gary Byrne.

Gary Byrne's Anti-Clinton Book Is Contradicted By His Own Testimony, And He Can't Explain It



Gary Byrne Released Anti-Clinton Based On Incidents He Claimed To Have Witnessed Decades Ago. Former Secret Service officer Gary Byrne, who was posted outside the Oval Office for a period during the Clinton administration, released a book on June 28 called Crisis of Character. In the book, Byrne describes incidents he claims to have witnessed while serving in the Clinton White House that he says make Hillary Clinton unfit to serve as president. Byrne also revisits decades-old conservative media conspiracy theories about the Clintons -- including the theory that the couple was somehow involved in the death of White House aide Vince Foster -- and writes at length about encounters he claims to have witnessed between President Clinton and several women including Monica Lewinsky. [Media Matters, 6/20/16]


Former Secret Service Officials “Strongly Denounce” Book, Saying Byrne Has “Underlying Motives” And Was “Inflating His Role.” Before the book’s official release, the nonpartisan Association of Former Agents of the U.S. Secret Service released an uncharacteristic public statement in which it “strongly denounce[d]” Byrne’s book. The statement suggested Byrne has “underlying motives” for writing the book, and questioned “the veracity and content of any book which implies that its author played such an integral part of so many incidents.” Politico noted in its reporting on the statement that:

The book has rankled current and former members of the Secret Service, who don’t like anyone airing their business in public — but who also take issue with Byrne inflating his role. Byrne was a uniformed officer in Bill Clinton’s White House. But that’s the lowest level of protection within the White House and around the president.
People familiar with West Wing security laugh at the idea that Byrne or any uniformed officer ever would have walked in on Bill Clinton anywhere, whether in a meeting or, as a New York Post article over the weekend claims, in the middle of a make-out session in the Map Room with the late daughter of former Vice President Walter Mondale. The Secret Service presidential detail would have stopped him. [Politico, 6/21/16; Media Matters, 6/21/16]

BuzzFeed Outlined How Byrne’s Claims Were “Contradicted By His Own Testimony”; Byrne Responded By Hanging Up On The Reporter. BuzzFeed News reporter Chris Massie outlined two instances in which claims Byrne makes in his book are directly at odds with his sworn testimony from the 1998 Kenneth Starr investigation. In Crisis of Character, Byrne writes about how he was personally involved with disposing of hand towels containing evidence that implicated President Clinton in an extramarital affair. Massie reported that, contrary to what Byrne detailed in his book, he testified he was “not involved” in disposing of the president’s hand towels nor did he explicitly or conclusively discuss it with the White House steward at the time. Byrne also claimed in the book that he had personally witnessed President Clinton kissing journalist Eleanor Mondale; in his 1998 testimony, Byrne framed the incident as “a rumor” he had heard. When BuzzFeed contacted him about the contradictions, Byrne hung up on a reporter and his spokesperson promised Byrne would explain the contradictions in book tour appearances. From BuzzFeed’s June 21 report:

Gary Byrne, a former Secret Service agent who worked in Bill Clinton’s White House, tells a dramatic story in his upcoming book about how he personally helped a White House steward dispose of towels stained by semen and lipstick to protect the president from a sex scandal.
That story, as well as another Byrne tells about walking in on Bill Clinton making out with a TV journalist, is different from what he told investigators from Kenneth Starr’s Office of the Independent Counsel in 1998, a BuzzFeed News review of interviews, depositions, and grand jury testimony has found.


Reached by BuzzFeed News on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Gary Byrne said that the author “will happily explain the alleged issues cited in this article when he begins his book tour - as well as his repeated efforts to protect the president from his personal misconduct and in some cases from his wife.” After a series of follow-up questions, the spokesperson did not clarify why Byrne could not explain the discrepancies on Tuesday.


Byrne himself hung up the phone on a BuzzFeed reporter after being asked why he wouldn’t explain the discrepancies, saying “I am working on a response to a couple things right now and I don’t have time to talk on the phone for one.” Reached again, he said, “We’ve taken care of it and you’ll just have to see what it is when you read the whole book.” [BuzzFeed, 6/21/16]

Byrne To NY Post: “[I]f My Testimony Wasn’t True, I Would End Up Doing Seven Years.” In an interview with the New York Post, Byrne asserted that his accounts of the Clintons had been consistent since his testimony in the Starr investigation of President Clinton. From the June 25 article:

Byrne’s revelations have come under fire recently, with some critics doubting he had the access to the Clintons he claims he had, and that his book details do not align exactly with his testimony to prosecutors nearly two decades ago.
[...]
“Anybody who asserts that what I’m saying is not true,” Byrne says, his voice cracking with emotion, “they don’t know any better or they’re flat-out lying.”
Yet, he confesses, “I’m not completely comfortable telling the story, but I am telling it.”
[...]
As for his testimony during the Ken Starr investigation, Byrne — who never signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Secret Service — says at the time he gave narrow answers to specific questions, as instructed.
“[I]f my testimony wasn’t true, I would end up doing seven years,” he says. [New York Post, 6/25/16]

Gary Byrne's Anti-Clinton Book Is Contradicted By His Own Testimony, And He Can't Explain It

Secret Service veterans denounce anti-Clinton tell-all book - POLITICO

Sounds like you make good use of your time reading that BS.

After I read the book I read the same character assassination written by a character assassin for sale to the highest bidder, David Brock.